CarlManufacturing 12220 HVY-Duty Paper Trimmer 15-Inch 36 Sht Cap. 14-Inch x15-1/4-Inch x3/4-Inch GY

I invested in this to perfect the colouring book I'd made for my littlest sister 🐾 It certainly did what it said on the tin! It sliced through 10 sheets of thin card plus 2 sheets of 300gsm gloss card with no issue at all.It takes a few slices up and down but it's not physically difficult whatsoever and it made quick work of this book, plus a couple other books I'd made with the same thickness! I popped the book in as is, which is 4mm thick when closed. I'm pretty confident it could handle thicker stock, too!The magnetic ruler is pretty awesome and the whole guillotine didn't slide about on my smooth wood table. The way you clamp the blade ruler down before use holds your work strongly in place, but I'd recommend holding it down yourself too to ensure maximum precision.I've only used it 3 or 4 times thus far so I can't comment on durability over years, but I should hope for the price and based on how sturdy it seems right now that it's gonna provide years of smooth.like.butter 😂

Cuts easily and accurately through chipboard and several layers of other thickness of paper/card. Wanted it to cut mainly chipboard and I can’t fault it as it works so well.

Clamps 30+ pages at a time and cuts through all with a few swipes. The fluorescent ruler makes it easier to line up the cut

Just what I needed for cartonnage - see picture - thick greyboard cut easily - cant think how I managed without it

I have the 18”. I use it to cut 2mm mdf and 2.5mm greyboard for crafting. It cuts the greyboard with hardly a thought but the mdf (chipboard, artists board, call it what you will) takes a lot more effort anything from 15/20 passes. However it cuts accurately and pretty cleanly and, importantly, squarely. I tend to get bevelled edges with a Stanley knife and safety ruler despite my best efforts. It takes up a lot of desk space in use, but it’s not too heavy so easily stacked vertically in a shelf or on the floor against a wall (where mine lives) to free up space. I’m very happy with it.Updated - So a couple of weeks later. A new project required cutting 2mm mdf, which had to be accurate to the mm (previous cuts had been less critical so I hadn't picked up on the accuracy) and found that it's actually 1mm short. I measured and double checked everything, and liaised with others who use this cutter, and in the end I discovered its the magnetic guide itself. 2 things. 1. It has play where it sits on the top and bottom bars, so I ended up masking taping the area that clips onto the bars, and it now fits snugly. 2. But the main thing is that the guide isn't square. It sits perfectly on the cutter bed, but then slopes very slightly outwards toward to top, so that the thicker the material or pile of paper, the more margin there is for error. I have included 2 photos taken against a right angle ruler which I hope shows the problem, one with the guide resting normally on the ruler and the other on its side. Either way it shows a gap that wouldn't be there if it were square. Now that I know that, I use the right angle ruler to measure and butt the board against, and use the guide to hold the ruler steady. It now cuts accurately no matter the thickness. Down to 4 stars because I (and others before me it seems) shouldn't have had to do the quality control research for the manufacturer, far less find a workaround. I was going to return it, but now that I know the problem I'll keep it, since otherwise it's a good cutter.

I didn't realize how long the cutter is. It cutter measures 22" long by 13.5" wide. My portable collapsible table works for it.The base is very sturdy. I have arthritic fingers and I find it's easy to use. Very little pressure on my joints to slide the cutter bar across.I like that a drop down lever holds down the paper tight. The paper doesn't move. The magnet is a bonus.What it doesn't explain in the description. It doesn't cut 6 pieces of paper all at once. What you need to do to cut 6 pieces is; Secure desired amount of paper under the bar. The cutter will cut only the top sheet of paper. Remove that first paper and slide cutter bar across the second piece of paper, so on and so forth. It's very quick and each piece is cut perfectly.

Muy práctica, corta diversos materiales, por ejemplo la tela como si se tratara de papel.

Easy to use. Cuts well - even the thicker board. Well designed paper holder. Would have been good to have the 13" paper guide length included on the markings rather than stopping at 11-12" as the 13"x19" paper sizes are well used by photographers and art printers.But well done to the designers of this product and their quality control. Only used it for a few weeks but exceeds my expectations as a fine art photographer wishing to reduce 24" roll paper down to 13x19" and other sizes for printing.The other amazing thing you could do.... include a fold-out extended measuring guide on the left side to help measure longer paper pieces so we don't have to measure and mark separately before cutting longer sheets.

It's not generally difficult for me to make purchasing decisions, but a paper trimmer became a glaring exception. I needed it primarily to create labels for a product we make by hand, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make the labels by hand that were up to the standard of the product.With their generous one-item coupons in mind, I checked the on-line catalogs of Joann Fabrics and Michael's Crafts, gave eBay the required cursory look just for price comparison, and concentrated on Amazon for reviews & Prime. I was prepared to drop $25 or $30.I bought this trimmer from Amazon, and that was the right decision for me. Here's why. I needed to see the exact place where the cut would be made. I print tiny registration marks in the labels to help me keep them lined up properly as I change the item specifics in each, and also to show me precisely where to cut. For whatever reason, my printers haven't always placed a print in the exact same place on a page from copy to copy. Once I cut that first line, then the rest can be cut in a stack.That brings me to a second point. The old guillotine cutter I bought years ago only manages a few pages of this 32# 100% cotton stock at once. It takes 2 passes of the cutter head, but with this trimmer, I can cut 20 pieces of that paper at once. The cuts are perfectly clean, straight, and square, and effortless to make.The locking mechanism is both brilliant, and the reason this trimmer works so well, cuts such straight lines. If the lever is raised, the mechanism is unlocked, and paper can be moved around under it. Once lowered, it holds the paper absolutely still while you cut.Many of the trimmers in the $25 to $30 range, and well into the hundreds, have some part of the contraption built into the base in such a way that the scale and/or grid is missing which makes cutting a narrow strip from a narrow strip impossible. You can do that with this trimmer, and the entire base is both intact and visible, though the portion directly under the locking mechanism is somewhat obscured by it.The only other trimmers I saw with metal bases like this were made by X-Acto, but they lacked a sophisticated locking device for the paper, and they only cut a few pages at one time. I didn't want plastic.The single con is the magnetic bar that's intended to be used for making multiple cuts of the same size, and the way it relates to the Slimer-green "light-gathering acrylic" guide. First, since my labels are about 1.275" wide and the guide is about 2" wide, the magnetic bar can't be brought close enough to use. Second, the magnet is quite strong, and that's good; it prevents accidental movement. It's also not so good in that the bar doe not have any mechanism to stay square, and must be manually squared each time it's moved. It takes a little effort because you need to fight with the magnet. I solved that by removing the magnet.I like well made tools, and I have some of my grandfather's who passed more than 30 years ago who also invested in good tools during his life. I've skipped meals to buy well crafted tools, and I scrimped to get this one. Quality tools last, and they pay back much more than they cost over their lifetime of service. There weren't any shortcuts taken in the fabrication of this tool so far as I can see. Seams & corners meet perfectly, and the craftsmanship in general is impeccable. I feel comfortable in recommending this trimmer to anyone who's serious about their work. I wish I had another star to give out every hundred reviews. If I did, this would get it.

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